skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just on the "how it's going" stories - and thanks for this - I wonder if there is scope for a co-ordinated effort to track the impact as there are a few people doing similar things. I'd certainly be happy to donate some time.

I was shocked to hear that the UK government hasn't even got a department / individual with responsibility for monitoring and managing the EU trading relationship - not even the so called 'Department for International Trade'.
The Hill We Climb
When day comes we ask ourselves,
where can we find light in this never-ending shade?
The loss we carry,
That same issue applies to different states. It always makes me roll my eyes when conservative pundits point to blue states' homelessness as a reason why socially liberal policies fail; no, but social policies will attract people needing them from anywhere accessible that doesn't have those policies. Hence why it needs to be done at a national level.
Today we generally use the word science to talk about empiricism, i.e. science is composed of theories that haven't been falsified by experiment. But in philosophy, a "science" can be a body of interconnected concepts, propositions, etc that have been established empirically or analytically.
Australia’s Proposed “Fox News Tax”
As soon as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25903259 was posted, two posts in /new, it helped bring this one, got to the front page:

26.
Show HN: Rust-starter, a boilerplate to build Rust CLI applications (github.com/rust-starter)
18 points by csomar 19 minutes ago | flag | hide | past | 6 comments

27.
Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is failing (economist.com)
30 points by ashergill 19 minutes ago | flag | hide | past | 11 comments

28.
The Reasons I’m Joining BIGtoken as CEO (medium.com/crypto-oracle)
3 points by simonebrunozzi 19 minutes ago | flag | hide | past | 1 comment

29.
Upvote to encourage more people to visit New Links on Hacker News (ycombinator.com)
164 points by crazypython 21 minutes ago | hide | past | 19 comments
I wouldn't agree that cost is a performance metric - unless we're talking about value for Apple shareholders.

I can't imagine including two more ports would significantly increase the heat profile of a device.

Surely the power requirements are a moot point, if devices can be chained?
Indeed. I notice "The Holocaust could be used as population control" has appeared on the list.

Just because a human can put together a thought, doesn't make it good.
That's kind of a strong statement to make without some explanation. I'm curious, what is the core of the problem you are referencing that free shelter doesn't "fix"? Mental health, addiction, something else entirely?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/20/matt-shea-righ...

I think this may have been resolved now. However the issue remains that you cannot delete signal contacts and legacy groups, which means anyone who gets a hold on your phone number (without a pin) or phone, or account access to third party involved, got evidence for communication between you and a possible incriminating entity.

> Contacts must be blocked in order to be removed from your Signal Contact List. To learn how to block someone, click here.

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007319011-Ma...

You either have the contact in your contact list, or block list... I hope that's obviously supporting my claim.

Some of these meta data leaks may have been changed and are a result of my old account, however Signal lost my trust. (And lost sympathy over Moxy Marlinspike's opinions and presentation over time, e.g. the hangover/drunk "centralization: good" CCC talk, the F-droid drama, ...)
SHA2 hashing which secures the chain itself faces no known threats from quantum-computing.

ECDSA wallet signatures can easily be broken with a sufficiently sized QC and now are essentially a billion dollar bounty on whether a country or corp has gotten there.

Switching over to post-quantum signatures is a simple matter but the coins will have to be moved to secure them.

So, someone with access to such a computer can learn the private key for any wallet on the planet and steal the contents, but they can't magically mine with 100% hashpower or undo history and all prior tx's.
Awesome, thanks for the feedback. I've been struggling to come up with the best layout (not the best designer). I'll see if I can move around the username and score so its easier to read.
$417,608 is not completely unreasonable for a Cornell-educated doctor who has more than half a century of experience and holds one of the very highest medical offices in the US.
>You can get residency semi-easily but getting citizenship is extremely hard.

As far as I can tell from the description of the procedures involved, it's actually easy - and certainly easier than the US, and it requires less time in the country to apply than some European countries. One reason why it's uncommon however could be because Japan does not allow dual citizenship, and it's harder to get into the country in the first place other than teaching English.
Right, but the UK is empowered to apply its own regulation.
Oh, no need to google here; I have some friends that worked there that have confirmed this on multiple occasions. It's just frustrating as a Québec taxpayer to see this plane program bailed out from Bombardier's incompetence with my tax money, only for the US & Boeing to force it to be given to Airbus. I feel like we really got shafted in that saga.
The Armed Forces Officer Chapter Twenty:  Writing and Speaking (1950)
Just the same stairs but now with only one giant step and Google is the one with giant legs.

Also there's no "privacy-friendly" tracking technology, it's an oxymoron an slick marketing/corporate strategy ( that works ).
It all comes back to a concept as freshman as it gets - Maslow's hierarchy of needs. How are you supposed to get out of any societal freefall without shelter?
This appears to be a ridiculous hit piece, insinuating that Fauci is somehow untrustworthy or otherwise compromised in his position by his high pay. Why would Fauci's criticism of the Trump administration be relevant here? If this were just a fun anecdote about a newly widely-known government worker then it'd be one thing. But the other material in the article makes it... suspect.

417,000 hardly seems outrageous or compromising, especially after a fifty year career in government service across many different red and blue administrations. Compare that salary to a CEO of a major hospital network, for example.

OpenTheBooks looks on the surface to be a fairly neutral party, but the name of their published report is literally "Mapping the Swamp".
There are a few Teslas with over 500,000 miles! They have a leader board but I can't find an up to date version.

https://twitter.com/TeslaMiles

https://insideevs.com/news/339110/highest-mileage-tesla-now-...

https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-record-mileage-900000-ki...
As soon as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25903259 was posted, two posts in /new, it helped bring this one, got to the front page:

26. Show HN: Rust-starter, a boilerplate to build Rust CLI applications (github.com/rust-starter) 18 points by csomar 19 minutes ago | flag | hide | past | 6 comments

27. Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is failing (economist.com) 30 points by ashergill 19 minutes ago | flag | hide | past | 11 comments

28. The Reasons I’m Joining BIGtoken as CEO (medium.com/crypto-oracle) 3 points by simonebrunozzi 19 minutes ago | flag | hide | past | 1 comment

29. Upvote to encourage more people to visit New Links on Hacker News (ycombinator.com) 164 points by crazypython 21 minutes ago | hide | past | 19 comments
Most Trending Computer Courses
Have you ever thought of pursuing a certification on any of the computer courses? Because getting certified in trending courses will help you grab a better paying job in your domain. There are so many computer courses which are present out there, but the catch is that you have to choose those courses which are in trend these days and what industry is expecting and demanding. Doing smart work is always better than doing hard work. In this scenario it goes like, choosing the right course at the right moment so that you would get the best out of your efforts.
In areas of the USA with the population density of Finland there isn't much (any?) homelessness either.
> So instead, it uses some of the hot gasses from the rocket engine to pre-heat a small amount of fuel and use it to pressurize a small reserve tank that is used to get the engines going.

I think they are still using helium or nitrogen to pressurize the tanks. Autogenuous pressurization is definitely what they want to do (or „have to do“ if you like) but afaik they are not there yet.
Related news: European Court of Human Rights just made important ruling that decriminalizes begging. Making it criminal to be poor is against human rights.

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ECHR 021 (2021)

19.01.2021

(Judgment Lacatus v. Switzerland)

The penalty imposed on the applicant for begging in public breached the Convention

In today’s Chamber judgment 1 in the case of Lăcătuşv. Switzerland (application no. 14065/15) the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:

a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life)of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The case concerned an order for the applicant to pay a fine of 500 Swiss francs (CHF) (approximately 464 euros (EUR)) for begging in public in Geneva, and her detention in a remand prison for five days for failure to pay the fine.

The Court observed that the applicant, who was illiterate and came from an extremely poor family, had no work and was not in receipt of social benefits. Begging constituted a means of survival for her. Being in a clearly vulnerable situation, the applicant had had the right, inherent in human dignity, to be able to convey her plight and attempt to meet her basic needs by begging.

The Court considered that the penalty imposed on the applicant had not been proportionate either to the aim of combating organised crime or to the aim of protecting the rights of passers-by, residents and shopkeepers.

The Court did not subscribe to the Federal Court’s argument that less restrictive measures would not have achieved a comparable result.In the Court’s view, the penalty imposed had infringed the applicant’s human dignity and impaired the very essence of the rights protected by Article 8 of the Convention, and the State had thus overstepped its margin of appreciation in the present case.
>The science is clear, and it's been said/written/screamed/spraypainted that the #1 reason we have all of these restrictions is actually human behaviour as opposed to the virus itself.

Nope, if the virus didnt exist, there would be no restrictions; therefore, it is the primary reason.

Has there ever been a control group or any historical precedence to scientifically support the questionable hypothesis that a highly contagious virus can be can be globally controlled simply by controlling human behavior? (i.e. locking down entire nations while "essential workers" -- poor people -- are still forced to go to work)
The Seven Silent Killers of the IT Organization
Hi everyone,

We're Artem and Maksym: co-founders of NewsCatcher.

We launched 6 months ago, and we're an early traction bootstrapped startup. We didn't plan to make Show HN today but given that "new is a new popular" at least for now, we thought it's a good opportunity to show what we've done.

AMA

Some of our blog articles for those who want to build their own product:

1. We've been running a bootstrapped startup for 1 year. Our top 15 takeaways [1]

2. How we built a news api beta in 60 days [2]

[1] https://newscatcherapi.com/blog/we-ve-been-running-a-bootstr...

[2] https://newscatcherapi.com/blog/how-we-built-a-news-api-beta...
While there's truth to that, it's worth noting that most of those homeless people are suffering from ill mental health and/or substance dependence.

You make it sound like they just shrugged and decided that that's the life they want, but I don't think that's how people end up homeless. There are decisions involved, but they're probably not quite as voluntary as that.
So nothing about pilot training or maintenance? Ethiopian and Lion Air deserve a non-zero percentage of the blame for “mass murder.” That percentage is debatable. As a commercial pilot (who doesn’t fly 737s) and someone with close friends who are 737 captains for a major US carrier, my opinion is that the airplane itself was not the core problem. The design of the airplane was such that it enhanced the glaring deficiencies in pilot training and maintenance practices.
Not only do they tend to select larger cities, but also warmer cities. You mostly hear about the homeless population in places like San Francisco, Oahu, Austin, etc. If you're homeless, you might as well go to a place where you're less likely to freeze to death. Although there are some homeless in places likes Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, etc.

Not to mention some cities will give them money if they take a bus to another city. Just shuffle the people around so it's no longer that current city's problem.
Mathematical Art Exhibition – 2021 edition
At a certain point, people get in this so deep that it becomes a religion, and unfortunately logic doesn't help in these cases.
yes, absolutely spot on. Another thing which I have witnessed is the top youtube crypto leaders sharing important insights, but many times the prediction goes sideways and a lot of people loose tons of money.
Wow turn back the clock! I always liked ICQ. I had a 6 digit account # too! I think I joined in 1997 or so?
That headline is a bit clickbaity, no? It is technically accurate, but the danger is specific to people with certain types of implanted medical equipment, and the risk comes from the magnets in the device, as opposed to some fault or otherwise.

I suppose "Apple publishes warning documentation about interference with medical equipment when using devices with magnets inside" doesn't quite roll off the tongue. Especially when the text specifies that "they’re not expected to pose a greater risk of magnetic interference to medical devices than prior iPhone models."
Noted ... thanks.

(I did know, but it's useful to have the comment here for anyone else who's reading this).
Most new post are just too bad. (I've seen them.) People would write angry comment complaining that they are in the front page.

There is something similar, the mods cherrypick some post and they have a second chance and are shown in the front page for a small time. More details by dang in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11662380
What's the best CPU that has built in video encoding? This would be useful when connecting to some VR headsets and while still using open source technologies.

I do believe for some solutions this involves encoding this via a media codec so I suppose support for this is crucial.

This would also be interesting for people doing video editing on laptops, if such people exists.
2019 levels would be an improvement given what’s gone on in 2020, the pandemic has made everything much, much worse.

A progression of one of the camps from Jan 2020 to Aug 2020 https://youtu.be/xbsXgU6PO6U

Downtown Austin a few weeks ago: https://youtu.be/aDvqut1zLso
I don't either. No pop ups and the back button works fine.
It takes animals a while to figure out that something painful that doesn't cause tissue damage is safe.

It's always amazed me that a big draft horse is terrified of an electric fence that gives a tiny zap. (Although when I touched the fence when my feet were underwater I realized it must hurt more if they are better grounded.)

The effectiveness of an electric fence is entirely about intimidation and if an animal is motivated to get out it may eventually find a moment of pain is worth a few minutes of freedom.
Alacritty Fork with Tabs
Only for the booster. Starship (2nd stage) will need legs for landing on the Earth, Moon, and Mars.
Map code to dance moves. Rock out.
We had the BMW SUV that hardened the wheel to prevent roll over and that meant lower chances of avoiding heads on collision.
It doesn't make much sense to look at the average population density of Finland. Homeless people don't really roam the empty countryside, they are in the cities, probably much like in the US too.
The article is about a non-tracking capability to collect less user data.

Inconveniencing trackers is good for privacy, not bad.

Anyway, mods, here's a much better article that has more than one line of vague content:
https://github.com/WICG/floc
You seem to think that a society can turn on a dime. And that past historical grievances does not factor into modern day realities.
This is fun read about the first person to sail single-handedly around the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Slocum
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6317
This means that anti-panhandling/anti-begging laws will become void soon in several countries.

This could lead to some interesting results if it's true that some branches of organized crime use organized begging.
Those people are given help, but if they refuse that, there's nothing you can really do. People are only forced if they start being dangerous to other people.
Of those, I’ve had the longest (since 2007 and then 2009) and most reasonably reliable experience with the DisplayLink family, to the point that I look for that and avoid alternatives. For example, USB parts from Startech, Targus, Belkin, Kensington, and Plugable leverage DisplayLink.
Read this explainer: https://github.com/WICG/floc
"The usage of ships for passengers is now restricted to cruise shipping, ferries, and small-scale passenger crafts on archipelago countries (Indonesia, the Philippines,"...

And some not so small. I've taken multi-day ferry transits in both these countries that were probably the size of turn off the century ocean liners. I'm the Philippines, there were often semi-open decks filled with bunks[1]. If it was blowing rain, you could roll down plastic curtains hanging from the deck above at the railing to protect those in bunks along the edges. In Indonesia, the 'cattle class' was in the hold and was just plastic covered meets on raised metal platforms, edge to edge. You put your personal stuff underneath, lay down, realize you're in the hold with next to no ventilation, and spend every second regretting your purchase decision[2].

[1] https://i0.wp.com/livelifelovecake.com/wp-content/uploads/20...

[2] https://www.monkeyrockworld.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018...
I would "encode" it as abc at my domain which is google.com or something not to get your email grabbed by bots.
Not to say the general approach is bad, but I think the cost side is overplayed. It depends a lot on what the cost/structure of your existing response is, and critically, whether you can actually realize any savings after the shift. Both because it is hard to reduce staffing/infrastructure, but also because many costs are not actually born directly by the city (eg medical costs are born by the hospitals).
How does that woman carry all the stuff from one city to another? Does she take buses and they just wait for her to load it all?
> MasterCard may reasonably believe they have power enough

> to do this.

The UK is still a large economy and there are quite a few other big players in the transactions handlers market. Given how several large companies are looking to setup micro-transactions with zero-cost transaction overheads, they might be shooting themselves in the foot.

The reason the UK should fight this is that they obviously currently have a lot of outgoings and very little income (like every Country during COVID). They will already have to raise taxes - if MasterCard are also raising their own form of tax this will even more greatly increase living costs.

> A government which is scarcely managing its current

> responsibilities.

I don't want to get into politics on HN.
hmmm.. It is always interesting to learn other's behavior. I hit the top links often. Maybe that just shows how often I'm here on HN :-) Gotta feed the dopamine monster
You can easily rack up £200 in charges on an airline flight though if you don't pay attention. A half bottle of wine is $18 on United!
It should be pretty elementary to solve homelessness, as Finland has shown. There's also no reason we can't have full employment. The Soviet Union had it.
I would like to see a rust starter template for fully async (http, db, logging, files) web services with pg as the db
Ah yeah you’re right. Distributed data collect.
The high price of mistrust
I don't recall shutting down the "insurrectionists" being described as a purge.
> Note that the "homeless" people in Finland are mainly people who refuse to accept support from the social welfare, this is because they prefer to get drunk instead of spending it on food and rent.

When you posted this hateful nonsense, did you think nobody would bring you up on it? Can you provide anything to back up this assertion?
Actually the answer is much more often rooted in capitalism, which is a lot easier to solve.
It was a foregone conclusion that hw3 wouldn't be enough for full autonomy well before it made it into any production vehicle. It was also a forgone conclusion that my attempts to explain this to the Tesla fandom would be met with vigorous clowning.
Get Used to Living Under “Subsidiarity” After the Great Reset
"In a landmark decision, Google has decided to continue keeping the "Don't be evil" principal off of their Company Principles list"
Hosting a highly available static website with B2 and Cloudflare
The Brave Wilderness Channel in YouTube has some of these insect stings tested out in case you think seeing pain is interesting.
She walks with all that luggage. She sets up the luggage in queue, and takes the last luggage, brings it to the front, and repeats it until she gets to the next town.
The article doesn't really explain what happened to ICQ.
It seems it was replaced by social networks which made building the social graph way simpler (you could find your friends by their names) and had messaging functionality. And once you have more friends there why use anything else?

Then came mobile-native messengers like WhatsApp and Telegram. Of course, ICQ also was native. I was running Jimm on my Nokia 6600. But it wasn't built for mobile as a product, wasn't focused on that.

By the way, has anything seen a good article on the demise of XMPP/Jabber/Gtalk?
> selling more goods means more carbon emissions, more carbon emissions mean continued climate change.

Does it? There are other energy sources.

It does mean increasing entropy, which would be more efficient without without carbon based fuels, but that is the nature of the universe and what life does, so not sure we should be opposed to it: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoaVOjvkzQtyZF-2VpJrx...

> I think if we want to fight climate change we have to rethink our economies and also the business models in the technology sector.

Or rethink our energy sources.
Development “living electrodes” for a synaptic brain-machine interface
A question that intrigues me is this - from the article:

"Niamh Sweeney, WhatsApp’s director of public policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, told the home affairs committee"

Why would WhatsApps director be speaking with the home affairs committee?

Concerning that they are taking such an interest, is it not?
Yes, that's the absolute law, but with so much competition around, how does a start-up business start getting traction. Go all out on one thing or spend money on something else.
Book Review: Albion’s Seed (2016)
I think OSS is a tremendous distribution hack; no argument there.

The issue arises when the developers want to get paid so they can eat/pay their mortgage.

Yes, sure, you've jumped past the PO process and your software is popular. But now you have to crawl back into it so you can get paid.

And the best ways to get paid are laid out pretty well in the original post:

* consulting

* hosting

* open core

and are all problematic for different reasons.
Depends a lot on the transmission. Rebuilding a Turbo 350 or 400 from a GM car is relatively inexpensive in my experience.